All year in college basketball the focus has been on John Wall. As a Kentucky fan I must say he has lived up to the expectations. HOWEVER, there is this other guy that has been ballin this year and if you are only a casual college basketball viewer you have probably missed out. His name is Evan Turner. Don't know who he is, check out ESPN tonight you may see his 40 foot buzzer beater about 20 or 30 times tonight.
Those of us that are die hard college watchers knew that he was the truth earlier in the year. He averaged nearly 20 points per game in the first month of the season. Then coming down from a dunk he fell and fractured bones in his back (aka he broke his back!). Luckily, Evan was able to recover and return 1 month earlier than expected. If that wasn't enough for you? Well just games after returning, he put Ohio State on his back and dropped 32 points against a Purdue team that was in the top 3 in the nation.
Since returning OSU has only lost 3 of its last 18 games and won the Big Ten regular season. Compare that to the 3 losses in 6 games that Evan Turner sat out. For you that think that I am just drinking the cool-aid, let me tell you that I am a HUGE Michigan football fan so for me to give a Buckeye credit means A LOT. Just in case you thought I lied in the title of this article you should know Evan Turner has already won the Big Ten Player of the year as well as the Sporting News player of the Year and SHOULD and hopefully will win every other player of the year award.
By far the POTY! Good insight C-Ron
ReplyDeleteBy the way, is it just me or does #33 look like the crackhead that chilled with Bubbles in the first season of the Wire?
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